Favorite Song Lyrics

[CellarDweller]

Ok here is a song that means A LOT to me.


about 10 years ago, when I first came out, I went to see a friend at work.  She worked in a small boutique, and I went in.  She was alone, and could see I was nervous.  I told her I had just told my dad that I was gay, and it didn't go as well as I hoped.

On top of that, my mom told me that she had already told him I was gay (I came out to her the week before) because she was worried about his reaction.

This was all within the first few weeks of the new year, and had only told my friends that new year's eve/day.  She reached under the counter, and got a card.  She handed it to me, hugged me, and I left.  I got to my car, and let it warm up, and read the card.

In it she wrote about how special I was, how much she loved me, and that I would always have her and her husband to be there for me.

As I sat there reading and crying, this song came on the radio, and any time I hear it, it brings me back to that day.



For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me



"Because You Loved Me"
Celine Dion

[jstephens9]

Chuck, that is one of the most beautiful songs. I know it so well and I bet I have probably listened to it a million times. Celine Dion's music is very important to me, probably more so than any singer. It seems that she has always spoken the words I am feeling or said the things I want to say. To be in the position you were in and to have that song come on the radio while you were reading the letter, well that would just be truly something special. I can see where it would take you back to that day. It always amazes me how certain songs can take you back to times in your life.

[BelAir]

I had really hoped to be able to see her show in Vegas...  I heard it is closing down this year...  and there ain't no way I can make it to Vegas before next summer.  Have you guys seen it?

her=Celine Dion

[jstephens9]

No, unfortunately, I did not get to see it. You are right that it is ending and it may have already ended. I've never been to Vegas. Be sure to pick up her new cd "Taking Chances" It is very good as are all of her CDs even the French ones although I have no idea what she is saying.

[jstephens9]

I heard this song today and found the lyrics. I don't ever remember hearing it, but I like the words. Great song!!!

Watch The Wind Blow By
by Tim McGraw

Creek goes rippling by
I’ve been barefoot and all day with my baby
Brown leaves have started falling
Leading the way

I like it best just like this
Doing nothing all the way
So let’s lay down in the tall grass
Dreaming away

And all I wanna do is let it be and be with you
And watch the wind blow by
And all I wanna see is you and me go on forever
Like the clear blue sky
Slowly, there’s only
You and i
And all I want to do is watch the wind blow by

Girl, you know you told me not so long ago
To let it come, then let it pass
And all your troubles and your sorrows
They won’t last

So let me kiss you now, little darling
Beneath this autumn moon
Cold wind, another season
Will be here soon

And all I wanna do is let it be and be with you
And watch the wind blow by
And all I wanna see is you and me go on forever
Like the clear blue sky
Slowly, there’s only
You and i
And all I want to do is watch the wind blow by

[injest]

yep like that one too...

[jstephens9]

So today I heard this song on the way to work. I looked it up and guess what it is by Tim McGraw too. Apparently, I like Tim McGraw although I already knew I did. There for awhile everytime I heard a song that I looked up it turned out to be an Alan Jackson song who I also like very much. Here are the lyrics to the song from this morning:

Where The Green Grass Grows

Tim McGraw

Six lanes
Taillights
Red ants marchin' into the night
They disappear to the left and right again
Another supper from a sack
A ninety-nine cent heart attack
I got a poundin' head and an achin' back
And the camel's buried in a big straw stack

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watchin' my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
Plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows

Well I'm from a map dot
A stop sign on a black top
I caught the first bus I could hop from there
But all this glitter is gettin' dark
There's concrete growin' in the city park
I don't know who my neighbors are
And there's bars on the corners and bars on my heart

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watchin' my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
Plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watchin' my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
Plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows

[CellarDweller]

Here's a song that I play every so often, that I love the lyrics of.  It talks about not being able to see the forrest because of the trees.

It came out a few years ago, recorded by Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive) and is called "I Never Knew".




It's really been a long time
Since I let somebody hold me
Since I felt safe in somebody's arms,
You were a good friend I could confide in
But after all the lies he told me
I couldn't let nobody in my heart
I was torn apart
All this time you've been right here
He's been doing nothing but wrong
And though the best thing in my life was
Here with me all along


I never knew
Right beside me there was an angel
I never knew
You'd give my heart the wings to fly
Because of you
Everything in my life is changing
Turning it to
The kind of heaven that I never Knew

You kissed away my tears
And now they've disappeared
You make me feel safe in somebody's arms
You're the kind that can do me no harm
These questions everybody asks me
They say they've never seen me so happy
But that's a secret between you and me
They don't know nothing about us baby
Can't let up, Can't tell anybody
that you're not from around here
They don't know that you're an angel
But now it's all so clear


I never knew
Right beside me there was an angel
I never knew
You'd give my heart the wings to fly
Because of you
Everything in my life is changing
Turning it to
The kind of heaven that I never Knew

Is this a dream
Are you for real
You got me honey
Feeling things that I never thought I'd feel
You taught me love
Don't have to break my heart in two
That's just one more of those things
That I never, never knew

I never knew
Right beside me there was an angel
I never, never knew (that my heart could fly)
It's all because of you baby
My life is changing
Turning it to
The kind of heaven that I never knew

[ifyoucantfixit]

Up Where We Belong
Joe Cocker

Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world few hearts survive?
All I know is the way I feel.
When it's real, I keep it alive.
The road is long, there are mountains in our way,
But we climb a step every day.

Love lifts us up where we belong,
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high.
Love lifts us up where we belong,
Far from the world below,
Up where the clear winds blow.

Some hang on to "used to be,"
Live their lives looking behind.
All we have is here and now,
All our life, out there to find.
The road is long, there are mountains in our way,
But we climb a step every day

Love lifts us up where we belong,
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high.
Love lift us up where we belong,
Far from the world we know,
Where the clear winds blow.

Time goes by, no time to cry,
Life's you and I. A life today.

[jstephens9]

Here's a song that I play every so often, that I love the lyrics of.  It talks about not being able to see the forrest because of the trees.

It came out a few years ago, recorded by Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive) and is called "I Never Knew".

I love the words of that song Chuck! I don't think I have ever heard it or anything by Gloria Gaynor lately. I sure do know her old songs well. I am going to have to look for this one. Thanks for posting it.